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<b><p align="center">Table 2.2</p>
<p align="center">Estimates of Global Morbidity and Mortality</p>
<p align="center"> of Water-Related Diseases (early 1990s)</p>
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<U><p>Disease</p></U></td>
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<U><p>Morbidity (episodes/year or people infected)</p></U></td>
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<U><p>Mortality (deaths/year)</p></U></td>
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<p>Diarrheal Diseases</p></td>
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<p>1,000,000,000</p></td>
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<p>3,300,000</p></td>
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<p>Intestinal Helminths</p></td>
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<p>1,500,000,000 (people infected)</p></td>
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<p>100,000</p></td>
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<p>Schistosomiasis</p></td>
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<p>200,000,000 (people infected)</p></td>
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<p>200,000</p></td>
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<p>Dracunculiasis</p></td>
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<p>150,000  (in 1996)</p></td>
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<p>-</p></td>
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<p>Trachoma</p></td>
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<p>150,000,000 (active cases)</p></td>
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<p>-</p></td>
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<p>Malaria</p></td>
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<p>400,000,000</p></td>
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<p>1,500,000</p></td>
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<p>Dengue Fever</p></td>
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<p>1,750,000</p></td>
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<p>20,000</p></td>
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<p>Poliomyelitis</p></td>
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<p>114,000</p></td>
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<p>-</p></td>
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<p>Trypanosomiasis</p></td>
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<p>275,000</p></td>
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<p>130,000</p></td>
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<p>Bancroftian Filariasis</p></td>
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<p>72,800,000 (people infected)</p></td>
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<p>-</p></td>
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<p>Onchocerciasis</p></td>
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<p>17,700,000 (people infected; 270,000 blind)</p></td>
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<p>40,000 (mortality caused by blindness)</p></td>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Source: Table 2.2 from &quot;The World�s Water.&quot;  Data from World Health Organization, 1995, &quot;Community Water Supply and Sanitation: Needs, Challenges and Health Objectives.&quot; 48<sup>th</sup> World Health Assembly, A48/INF.DOC./2,28 April, Geneva, Switzerland.</p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>
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